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CITY OF AMES,IOWA
Application Form Last Updated:February 6,2014
DEPT.OF PLANNING&HOUSING
Special Use Permit
Application Form for a Proposed Use
in a Residential Zone
(This form must be filled out completely before your application will be accepted.)
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Adjustment to grant a Specials Use Permit for a proposed use in a "Residential Zone" to
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Application Form Last Updated: February 6,2014
CITY OF
Ames,
RECEIVED
Use Permit
Application Packet for a Proposed Use DEC
1 1 2014
in a Residential Zone CITY OF AMES, IOWA
DEPT.OF PLANNING&HOUSING
1. Application Packet. The "Application Packet' for a Special Use Permit for a proposed use
in a "Residential Zone"includes the following:
• Application Form (This form must be completed for all applications.);
• Supporting Information (Each standard listed must be addressed.);
• Site Development Plan Checklist (Use this checklist to prepare the Site Development
Plan);
• Permission to Place a "Zoning Action Pending" Sign on Private Property (This form must
be signed by the property owner,); and,
• Adjoining Property Owner Statement (Completion of this form is optional.).
Be sure to complete and submit all the required materials that are part of this
Application Packet. Failure to do so will result in a delay in accepting your application
until it is complete.
2. Zoning Board of Adjustment Meetings. Within three days after the application is received,
staff will determine if the application is complete and notify the applicant. Once staff has
determined it is complete, staff will contact the applicant to discuss the application, including
possible timelines for Board consideration. The Zoning Board of Adjustment conducts a
public hearing, considers the recommendation of the Planning and Housing staff and makes
the final decision, based on the standards in the Ordinance. The Board meets on the
second Wednesday of the month at 7;00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Additional
meetings may be held on the fourth Wednesday of the month, April through October. The
Board must approve, deny, or modify the Special Use Permit application within 60 days of
the public hearing. For more information about the review process and schedule, please see
the Development Review Information page on the City web site at www.cityofames.org.
3. Submittal and Filing Fee. The complete application and filing fee must be submitted to the
Department of Planning and Housing. All required information and materials must be filed
with the:
Department of Planning and Housing
Room 214, City Hall
515 Clark Avenue
Ames, Iowa 50010
The filing fee is required at the time the application is submitted. The amount of the
filing fee is available from the Department of Planning and Housing.
4. Site Development Plan and Architectural Elevations. The applicant shall submit seven
(7) copies of the Site Development Plan and Architectural Elevations, and one set of
reduced copies of the Site Development Plan and Architectural Elevations, no larger than
11" x 17".
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WHILE COMPLETING THIS APPLICATION,
PLEASE CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND HOUSING.
Phone: 515-239-5400
FAX: 515-239-5404
E-mail: planning@city.ames.ia.us
Application Form Last Updated: February 6,2014
This Special Use Permit will not be granted unless sufficient facts are presented with
the application, and at the Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of
Adjustment meetings to support a finding that all the general and specific standards
for granting a Special Use Permit have been meat
Obtaining this Special Use Permit does not absolve the applicant from obtaining all other
applicable permits,such as Building Permits, [DOT access permits, et cetera.
I (We) certify that I(we) have submitted all the required information to apply for a Special Use
Permit and that the information:is factual.
Signed b d�cw "�' Date: 1 eZ /6
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(Note: No other signature may be substituted for the Property Owner's Signature.)
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Application Form Last Updated: February 6, 2014
Special Use Permit
Supporting Information for a Proposed Use
in a Residential Lone
(This form must be filled out completely before your application will be accepted.)
The Zoning Board of Adjustment cannot approve a Special Use Permit unless all of the
"General Standards" and the "Residential Zone Standards" are met. In order to facilitate
review of this application for a Special Use Permit, the applicant must address each of the
"General Standards", set forth in Section 29.1503, and in addition, the "Residential Zone
Standards", set forth in Section 29.1503(4)(b) of the Zoning Ordinance.
(Note: The applicant's explanation of how the request meets each standard may be attached
on a separate sheet if sufficient space is not provided.)
1. General Standards. The Planning and Zoning Commission and the Zoning Board of
Adjustment shall review each application for the purpose of determining that each proposed
use meets the following "General Standards", set forth in 29.1503(4)(a), and in addition,
shall find adequate evidence that each use in its proposed location will:
(a) Be harmonious with and in accordance with the general principles and
proposals of the Land Use Policy Plan (LUPP).
Explain how the request meets this standard.
This property currently houses First Christian Church/Disciples of Christ (FCC), Good
Neighbor Emergency Assistance (GNEA) and Assault Care Center Extending Shelter &
Support (ACCESS). They are requesting a Special Use Permit for the Food at First
program (FAF) and Raising Readers Book Storage (RR) to reside within the same
building. Each organization can easily access the building from the parking area, and
their use is a standard within the general principles of the LUPP.
(b) Be designed, constructed, operated and maintained so as to be
harmonious in appearance with the existing or intended character of the
general vicinity and that such use will not change the essential character of
the area in which it is proposed.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
Each organization intends to utilize the facility without making any alterations. FCC
utilizes the sanctuary, office and classroom wing at night and weekends. GNEA has first
floor offices in the old parsonage, ACCESS has second floor offices in the old
parsonage. FAF intends to utilize the kitchen and Fellowship Hall vacated when Ames
Community Preschool (ACPC) moved out after 40+ years. RR is utilizing a single
storage room on the upper level of the church.
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(c) Not be hazardous or disturbing to existing or future uses in the same
general vicinity.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The FAF program will have up to 10 volunteers serve evening meals to all comers seven
days a week. Most will arrive on foot, or after most of the day's activities are over. They
will be easily accommodated by the existing parking area west of the building. Deliveries
will be twice a week in the afternoon. RR will visit the site very infrequently to load /
unload book boxes. Each function is similar to the original church activities in the evening
and occur during the early evening when they are least likely to cause a disturbance.
(d) Be served adequately by essential public facilities and services such as
highways, streets, police, fire protection, drainage structure, refuse
disposal, water and sewage facilities, and/or schools.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The numbers of staff during the week: FCC 4-6, GNEA 2-4, ACCESS 2-4, FAF 8-12,
and RR no staff, can easily use the existing parking lot. Traffic flow from 6th Street can
accommodate full sanctuary use on the weekends, and full staff use during the week.
FCC does not normally have full congregational use during the weekdays, and their
Sunday services coincide with Fareway's scheduled weekly closing, which allows church
attendees to park in their parking lot in addition to the church parking lot.
(e) Not create excessive additional requirements at public cost for public
facilities and services.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The FAF program will utilize less staff/volunteer traffic and less patron traffic than the
previous use as a preschool. ACPC averaged 16 staff and 85 patrons from 7 am to 6
pm, FAF will average 10 staff/volunteers and up to 40 60 patrons (projected amount).
The use of the public facilities will be smaller.
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(t) Not involve uses, activities, processes, materials, equipment or conditions
of operation that will be detrimental to any person, property or general
welfare by reason of excessive production of traffic, noise, smoke, fumes,
glare, or odors.
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Explain how the request meets this standard.
The office use and serving of meals will be inside the building, and the traffic will be
lower than the parents visiting the preschool. All cooking and serving activities will
remain inside the building.
(g) Be consistent with the intent and purpose of the Zone in which it is
proposed to locate such use.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
Each of these non-profit organizations all fit together to provide varying human
services to the general public, similar to general church functions. These functions
are in keeping with the uses of the zoning in this area.
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2. Residential Zone Standards. The Planning and Zoning Commission and the Zoning Board
of Adjustment shall review each application for the purpose of determining that each
proposed use in a residential zone meets the "Residential Zone Standards", set forth in
29.1503(4)(b), which are listed below, and shall find adequate evidence that each use in its
proposed location will:
(a) Not create excessively higher levels of traffic than the predominant pattern
in the area and not create additional traffic from the proposed use that
would change the street classification and such traffic shall not lower the
level of service at area intersections.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The proposed uses will not increase the traffic levels beyond the current and previous
uses of the facility. Many of the patrons will be on foot and utilize the existing
sidewalks for access.
(b) Not create a noticeably different travel pattern than the predominant
pattern in the area. Special attention must be shown to deliveries or
service trips in a residential zone that are different than the normal to and
from work travel pattern in the residential area.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The FAF program receives two deliveries from a small rental truck each week, one
on Monday and one on Thursday. The travel patterns of the patrons will likely be
more spread out and uniform than the previous preschool parents, all arriving after
work each day. Since the patrons are receiving meals, they won't be rushing home
as others did before.
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(c) Not generate truck trips by trucks over 26,000 g.v.w. (gross vehicle weight)
to and from the site except for food delivery vehicles,waste collection
vehicles and moving vans.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
No truck deliveries will be made, except for the two food deliveries each week.
(d) Not have noticeably different and disruptive hours of operation.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
Expected hours of operation are 3:00 to 8:00 Sunday through Friday, and 9:00
through 2:00 on Saturday. The number of patrons spread across this many
hours will not be disruptive.
(e) Be sufficiently desirable for the entire community that the loss of
residential land is justifiable in relation to the benefit.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
Providing a meals program for the entire community will be very desirable and
have benefits throughout town, as the patrons become more productive in
their other endeavors within the community.
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(t) Be compatible in terms of structure placement, height, orientation, or scale
with the predominate building pattern in the area.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The projected uses will all reside within the existing facility and not make any
changes to the building patterns within the neighborhood.
(g) Be located on the lot with a greater setback or with landscape buffering to
minimize the impact of the use on adjacent property.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The projected uses will all reside within the existing facility and not make any
changes to the building patterns within the neighborhood.
(h) Be consistent with all other applicable standards in the zone.
Explain how the request meets this standard.
The projected uses will all reside within the existing facility and not make
any changes to the building patterns within the neighborhood.
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Special Use Permit
Site Development Plan Checklist for a Proposed Use
in a Residential Zone
(This form must be filled out completely before your application will be accepted.)
The applicant shall provide seven (7) copies of a Site Development Plan, which includes
the information described below, as set forth in Section 29.1502 of the Zoning Ordinance.
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2 Seven (7) copies of a Site Development Plan, drawn to scale on a sheet not to exceed 24"x
36", and one(1) reduced copy no larger than 11'xl7".
The Site Development Plan must be prepared by a Civil Engineer, a Land Surveyor, a
Landscape Architect, or an Architect. The site plan must be certified as "substantially
correct" by a Professional Engineer, a Land Surveyor, a Landscape Architect, or an
Architect, licensed by the State of Iowa, showing the following information as of the date
of the application.
Note: With approval by City staffprior to submitting the Site Development Plan, it may be possible to
exclude some of the following items from the Site Development Plan. Please place a check mark in
the box in front of each item that is included as part of the application materials submitted for
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prova1.me s and address es of the a licant s .
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and address es of the owners of record of theproperty.
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7 NName and address of the person or firm preparing the site plan.
LJ' Property address(es).
L Date of preparation.
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Scale: The scale shall not be less than V=10% and no greater than 1"=60', unless an
alternate scale is approved by the Director of the Dept. of Planning and Housing.
❑ Legal Description.
❑ Dimensions of the present lot and lot area, to the nearest tenth of a foot.
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❑ Size and location of all existing and proposed buildings, additions, structures and uses,
including:
❑ Setback distance to property lines.
❑ Exact exterior dimensions of each building.
❑ Location of entrances.
❑ Number of dwelling units.
❑ Square footage of each type of use.
❑ Zoning designation of the property.
❑ Proposed use of the property in sufficient detail to determine code compliance.
❑ Existing and proposed location and size of sanitary sewer mains and service lines, or septic
tank and leaching field.
❑ Existing and proposed location and size of water mains, service lines and hydrants, and/or
water well.
❑ Existing and proposed location and size of electrical service (electrical riser diagram) and
the location of high pressure gas lines, high tension transmission lines, and telephone lines.
❑ Existing and proposed location and size of storm drainage facilities on the property and
adjacent to the property.
❑ Location, grade and dimensions of all existing paved surfaces and of all abutting streets.
❑ Existing and proposed location and dimensions of parking areas, individual parking spaces
and drive aisles, driveways, curb cuts, easements and rights-of-way, walkways, transit
stops, bicycle parking areas, loading areas, dividers, curbs, islands, and other parking and
drive improvements.
If the project is located along U.S. Highway 69, access to U.S. 69 shall be reviewed by the
1.D.O.T. and a meeting shall be held that includes I.D.O.T. staff, the City traffic engineer,
other appropriate City staff, the developer, and the developer's plan preparer to agree on
access prior to the submittal of the site plan.
❑ Existing and proposed contours at 2-foot intervals, based on City datum, when an
application pertains to any new permanent detached building or structure (principal or
accessory).
a, Location of existing and proposed outdoor trash and dumpster areas and methods for
screening such areas.
❑ Location and type of all existing and proposed signs.
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❑ Evidence that the proposed work or activity will comply with the Outdoor Lighting Code.
Specifically, the application shall include:
❑ Plans indicating the location on the premises, and the type of illuminating devices,
fixtures, lamps, supports, reflectors and other devices;
❑ A detailed description of the illuminating devices, fixtures, lamps, supports, reflectors,
and other devices. The description shall include manufacturer's catalog cuts and
drawings, including sections when requested; and
❑ Photometric data, such as that furnished by manufacturers, showing the angle of cut off
or light emissions.
❑ Location of waterbodies, watercourses, swamps and flood-prone areas with delineated
channel encroachment lines, wetland boundary lines, 100-year flood plain boundary line,
and floodway boundary line.
�( ❑ When an application is located in a flood-prone area include existing and proposed site
1 grades, contours and elevations, base flood elevation data, top-of-foundation elevations,
finished floor elevations, and any proposed watercourse relocation.
❑ When an application for development involves 0.5 acres, or more, of cumulative disturbed
area(s), a Sediment Erosion Control Plan shall be submitted. However, such a Plan may be
required for applications with disturbed land of less than 0.5 acres, if deemed necessary by
the Planning Director.
❑ Location of natural features including: existing trees, rock outcrops and landslide areas.
❑ Storm water management plan, including storm water calculations supporting the design.
Such plan shall show grades and/or elevations, direction of surface flow, detention and/or
retention areas, outlet control structures and devices.
❑ A landscape plan showing:
❑ The location of plants.
❑ A plant list that includes:
❑ The plant species;
❑ The quantity of each type of plant; and,
❑ The size of each plant at the time of planting.
❑ The location of fences and walls.
❑ Traffic impact studies, soil tests, utility capacity analysis, and other similar information if
deemed necessary by the Department of Planning and Housing to determine the feasibility
of the proposed development.
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❑ Two (2)copies of architectural drawings of all new buildings or structures, or alterations, at a
scale not to exceed 1"=8', showing the following information:
❑ Name(s) of the applicant(s)and the owner(s) of record;
❑ Legal description and street address of the property;
❑ Numerical scale and date;
❑ All exterior wall elevations, indicating floor heights, overall building height and
fenestration; and,
❑ Building floor plans indicating existing and proposed usage, interior floor area and/or
` patron floor area.
�f ❑ For Village Residential projects, Suburban Residential projects, or Planned Residence
District projects that are to develop in phases, the applicant shall provide a phasing plan
indicating areas to be developed in each phase and the time frame for the development of
each phase.
❑ A note to be placed on all site plans to read as follows: "All construction materials,
dumpsters, detached trailers, or similar items are prohibited on public streets or within the
public right-of-way."
❑ Size of electrical service and one line drawing of the metering and electrical service.
❑ Number of meters at each location.
❑ Preferred voltage required for the building.
❑ Preferred location of the electrical service.
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Special Use Permit
(Proposed Use in a Residential Zone)
Permission to Place a "Zoning Action Pending" Sign
on Private Property
(This form must be filled out completely before your application will be accepted.)
Section 29.1500(2)(d)(iii) of the Zoning Ordinance, requires that notice shall be posted by the
City on the subject property. One notice sign shall be posted for each property. Required
signs shall be posted along the perimeter of the subject property in locations that are highly
visible from adjacent public streets prior to the public hearing.
The owner of property at (!emu �L -K hereby grants the City of Ames
permission to place Zoning Action Pending"signs on the property for the purpose of informing
interested persons of the request for action by the City of Ames.
I understand that the signs will be placed on the property several days prior to action on the request by
the Planning and Zoning Commission or the City Council, and may remain on the property until the
request has been approved or denied by the City.
Signed by:!�j)ara u 7 Jt - Date: /,a//O a o I
Property Owner
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Print Name
(Nate.- No other signature may be substituted for the Property Owner's Signature)
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